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Post by nancy on Jun 30, 2006 13:48:31 GMT -5
Decided to put off Chronicles of a Death Foretold and am reading The Hobbit. What a masterpiece.
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Post by gabi on Jul 1, 2006 1:25:10 GMT -5
don't put off the chronicles for too long; they're really fun.
speaking of chronicles, however, right now i'm reading bob dylan's autobiography, chronicles: volume one. umm, i love it. i had some trouble at the beginning because i was expecting a more traditional "life story," and this is much more of a snippets - of - memory - non - linear type of work. delicious.
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Post by nancy on Jul 1, 2006 12:09:11 GMT -5
I already read 'em... twice or so. But it's summer of re-readings, as I have no new books. My uni has a huge bookstore and they often have discounts on literature, so I can't wait until I go there. Maybe I can buy a book or a couple books every week, if they're cheap enough. And if that fails, the library is even huger. I think the library is more scientific though... In the meantime, I'm living off books I've read and re-read before, and off the books that (hopefully) my friend will lend me next week. I've been reading a lot of political analysis stuff. We have elections tomorrow and there's a chance the country will drown. That just reminded me of a death cab song. I'm not a good reader of biographies or of autobiographies, but that's probably 'cause of the linear thing. Maybe I'll read that one you mention.
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Post by KoNeko on Jul 8, 2006 17:33:46 GMT -5
I was given If on a winter's night a stranger by Italo Calvino for Christmas and this has been my first opportunity to read stuff recreationally... this is a really good book. I love his writing style, it's so conversational and everything. Plus I don't read a lot of stuff out of europe, so this one is really cool.
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Post by Me on Jul 26, 2006 1:43:53 GMT -5
I'm re-reading Catch-22. I can't believe I forgot how hilarious the book is.
My sister is currently re-reading all the Harry Potter books so she's always making comments which make me want to re-read them to. Unfortunately I don't have the time right now, but I will once my classes end.
I'm planning on heading over to B&N tomorrow to buy George Orwell's Burmese Days. I read an except last week for my history class and found it intriguing. I should probably just go to the library and check it out, but I always end up racketing up overdue fines.
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Post by hermoine on Aug 6, 2006 9:04:14 GMT -5
A friend of mine recently lent me George Orwell's 1984 and I must say I fell in love with it. Because when you come to think of it, parts of the world are still going through such or similar forms of ruling. I mean I can just take a look at Malta's history and realise that yes things were quite similar at a certain point in time. Which is pretty scary really....
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Post by nancy on Aug 6, 2006 19:11:10 GMT -5
1984 is a great book. I've read it every holiday between terms since the winter 2004-2005 holidays, plus a few times during term. And still it doesn't bore me. Hermy, if you like it that much, check out Animal Farm, also by George Orwell, or Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
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Post by hermoine on Aug 8, 2006 6:39:25 GMT -5
Yes indeed I want to read Animal Farm after this as I believe it is written on the same wavelength. What I find so fascinating about Orwell's style of writing is how captivating his work is. Despite there not being the kindof cliff-hangers which would keep you going to find out more, putting the book down is pretty difficult as well.
I've heard of Brave New World. I think En mentioned it at times. I'll have to check it out, if I find it.
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Post by Me on Aug 31, 2006 22:21:50 GMT -5
I just finished reading Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls lost their Accents. It was a short read. I found the characters intriguing, but I would have liked for the book to be longer, and maybe go more into depth about the characters. The good part is I now want to learn about Dominican history.
I'm now reading The Curious Incident of the the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon.
I can‘t recalled much from Brave New World. I saw a movie based on the book. Now that movie was creepy. It was like a constant rave.
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Post by nancy on Sept 5, 2006 20:56:29 GMT -5
I read Julia Alvarez once... Only it was Jo I read. It was a good book.
BUT not nearly as good as the curious incident. I fell in love with that book. I love it almost as much as I love Ray Bradbury...actually, you made me want to re-read it. I shall start soon. When I find it, like.
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Post by Me on Sept 8, 2006 0:28:28 GMT -5
My developmental psych prof. had a video clip of the "Smarties" test they mention in the curious incident. I remember how everyone just loved when the kids said smarties in their British accents.
I've been reading Invisible Man. I'm about halfway through it, but I can only read short parts. I can't seem to get involved in the book. I'm also reading Wicked. I bought it a while back, but kept on putting it off. I'm doing so much reading b/c I really have nothing to do until school starts in three weeks. Imagine all the reading I can do.
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Post by hermoine on Sept 13, 2006 9:36:35 GMT -5
I've recently started Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. It's quite good, much much better than the Russian book I was reading. I got through that one with pity. I'm glad it's done.
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Post by Me on Sept 18, 2006 23:05:45 GMT -5
I've run out of books. I've moved on to my sister's books. I'm currently reading The Color Purple by Alice Walker. I'm halfway through it. I really enjoyed reading Wicked. I plan to buy Confessions of an Ugly Step-Sister next time I go to the bookstore... or when I have money. I guess number two has to come before number one.
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Post by Sarah on Sept 19, 2006 13:18:21 GMT -5
Ohhhh dear, Greg McGuire is such a brilliant author. Wicked is still one of my favourite books. ever since i read it, i've been meaning to just go spend a few bucks buying all of his others, but i never have the time...or money hm, i've also been meaning to read 1984, but i wasnt all that fond of Animal Farm, so i dont know. then again, the main reason i wasnt fond of it was because it was for a class, and the teacher tacked a load of projects to do along with it. i prefer discovering books and falling in love on my own. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. Pick it up. That's all i'm going to say. definitely my favourite, ever. i've finished that one, then right after it A Child Called It, and this may sound heartless, but it didnt affect me in the slightest. I suppose it's because everyone else was saying that book will bring you to tears and change your life...but it had no affect on me. *shrug* anyway, ive just picked up Devil Wears Prada, and after that i plan on delving into Memoirs of a Geisha. i'm one of those people who wont watch the movie without reading the book first besides those, i still have an overwhelming stack of books i randomly buy to read. i have a horrid compulsive book-buying disorder. i'll be reading til i'm 99. O.o most recent book i bought : Ayn Rand's Fountainhead. i love her.
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Post by Me on Sept 25, 2006 23:22:44 GMT -5
I went to B&N last night. I was so tempted to just buy all the Maguire books in stocks. But I couldn't since I had less than twenty dollars left on my gift card. Oi. I did buy Son of a Witch. I'm about halfway through it. My constant reading would explain why I didn't wash my car and still have a mess.
Everyone seems to love Chuck Palahniuk. I have to say I'm not a huge fan. Granted I've only read Choke so far.
I think I‘ve done very weel reading-wise this summer.
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